Combination pattern-hanger and ticket-holder.



J. W. KUHRT.

COMBINATION PATTERN HANGER AND TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1913.

1,083,368, Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. KUHR'I, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

COMBINATION PATTERN-HANGER AND TICKET-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN KUHRT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Pattern- Hangers and Iicket-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to a combination pattern hanger and ticket holder for use in establishments where cloaks, skirts, shirt-waists, etc., are manufactured for the trade. In establishments of this character each style of garment requires a pattern con sisting of numerous parts out out of heavy paper or suitable board, and it becomes necessary to provide some orderly means whereby the hundreds of patterns, each properly assembled and numbered, may be supported upon a rack where they may be conveniently located. Thus it has been the custom to assemble the patterns for one style of garment by perforating each piece of the collection comprising the pattern and employing a large ring to hold all the parts of one pattern together, a wire hook being utilized to suspend the ring from a gas pipe rack, the particular pattern being identified by means of an ordinary tag bearing a number. It frequently happens that through carelessness and rough handling the tags bearing the style or pattern number are torn off, resulting in great confusion and loss of time to the operator.

The present invention contemplates a novel construction of hook to support the ring carrying the parts of each pattern, the same having novel means for holding a numbered tag, the construction being such that the tawill be positively held in place, while t e hook and tag holding structure is such that the same may be conveniently grasped in the hand while carrying the patterns about.

In carrying out my invention I employ the novel combination arrangement and details hereinafter shown, described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustra- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1913.

Patented J an. 6, 1914. Serial No. 763,644.

tive of my invention, Figure l is afront elevation showing the tag held in place; Fig. 2 ma rear elevation; Fig. 3 is a top plan view; Fig. 4 is a view of the numbered tag adapted to be held by the device; and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the complete hanger and'tag holder.

Referring to the drawings, the hanger and tag holder comprises a single piece of wire bent in the form of a hook 1 having a straight shank portion 2 provided at its lower end with an eye 3 to receive the pattern holding ring 4. From the eye the wire is continued to form two enlarged circular loops 5 and 6 lying in close contact on opposite sides of the shank 2, the tag 7 being firmly held therebetween, and the end 8 is locked around the loop 5 at 9 and also over the lower end of the shank 2 adjacent to the eye 3, as at- 10. Thus the usual sharp end of the wire is protected and cannot injure either the hand of the operator or the pattern while being carried about. It is also apparent that by forming the end 8 around the loop 5 and the shank 2, the loops 5 and 6 will be firmly locked together at one point while they are still free to be sprung apart and hold the tag 7, shown detached in Fig. 4, 1n spring-pressed contact.

The invent-ion as constructed provides a firm supporting means for hanging up patterns with means for positively holding a numbered tag to identify the pattern.

What I claim, is

A pattern hanger and tag holder constructed of a single piece of wire formed with a hook having a straight shank, an eye at the lower end of the shank, two loops disposed on opposite sides of the shank in resilient contact with each other and adapted to receive a tag between them, the end of the wire comprising the structure being continued from one loop around the other loop and over the shank of the hook adjacent to the aforesaid eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WV. KUHRT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. KoNRA'rH, CARL H. KELLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latentl, Washington, D. 0. 

